Panasonic AG-DVC30P - Manual (Page 14)

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Checking the system operations
(cont.)
1
Set the AUTO/MANUAL selector switch to
AUTO.
2
Squeeze both sides of the lens cap and
remove it.
3
Look through the viewfinder and check what
you want to shoot.
4
Shooting starts when you press the
START/STOP (red) button on the POWER
lever.
Press this button again to pause shooting
(shooting pause mode).
Shooting
OFF
ON MODE
3
4
Viewfinder
1
MANUAL AUTO
2
2
In the shooting pause mode, press the 6
button.
The last two or three seconds of the scenes
you have shot are now played back.
After playback, the shooting pause mode is
restored.
SEARCH
RESET
SEARCH DIGITAL ZOOM
REC
COUNTER RESET MODE CHK ZEBRA OIS
PHOTO SHOT BARS
MANUAL AUTO
1
Open the LCD monitor while holding down
the panel locking button.
The LCD monitor can be opened to a
maximum angle of 90°.
Forcing it past this point will damage the
camera-recorder.
Checking what you have shot
(rec check)
90 °
You can conduct an image search (P36) by
holding down the 6 button in the shooting
pause mode.
Do not hold down the 6 button when
conducting a rec check.
Tape protection mode
If you leave the camera-recorder in the
shooting pause mode for 5 minutes or so, the
camera-recorder will automatically switch to
the tape protection mode and its power will
turn off.
However, when “STBY” has been selected as
the TAPE PROTECT item setting on the
OTHER FUNCTIONS screen using the
menus (P68-P71), the cylinder head will stop
instead of the power being turned off. (P80)